the gutter
noun
: the lowest or poorest conditions of human life
He squandered all his money and wound up in the gutter.
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Alas, the show must go on, and she gets dragged to the gutter by her drama teacher, who then gives the part to Blair.
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Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
June let the water balloon fall into the gutter and put her arm around Gabriel.
—Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
Move Your Body…With Someone Mind out of the gutter please.
—Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 11 Jan. 2025
But why should a 29-year-old who has made three All-Star teams and two All-NBA appearances in the past four seasons — an individual as responsible as anyone for carrying the Knicks out of the gutter and into the light — give back so much?
—Fred Katz, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024
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Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
June let the water balloon fall into the gutter and put her arm around Gabriel.
—Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
Move Your Body…With Someone Mind out of the gutter please.
—Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 11 Jan. 2025
But why should a 29-year-old who has made three All-Star teams and two All-NBA appearances in the past four seasons — an individual as responsible as anyone for carrying the Knicks out of the gutter and into the light — give back so much?
—Fred Katz, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024
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“The gutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20gutter. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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